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Houses, Property Worth Millions Razed As Petrol-laden Tanker Explodes In Idanre

Voice Air Media News Update

Residents of Idanre community in Ondo state have been thrown into panic on Saturday evening as fuel-laden tanker caught fire.

The incident happened around Opa in Idanre town.

Voice Air Media gathered last night, that the fire razed down the filling station and many houses.

An eyewitness account said that” the tanker, was at a filling station in the community to discharge the product into the underground tank of the filling station, through a big pipe when it caught fire.

” The tanker arrived at that petrol station this evening and as the workers in the station were discharging the fuel inside it into the underground tank, suddenly the fire began.

” It burnt down the filling station completely and the house beside the station was also burnt. But later the firefighters arrived on the scene and put out the fire.”

Police react

The state police spokesperson, Funmi Odunlami, confirmed the incident and there was no casualty in the inferno.

Odulami added that” The timely intervention of the men of the state fire service prevent the fire from causing more havoc.

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